Robotics

Can AI Stop Climate Misinformation?

Researchers want to create an AI system that can quickly detect and debunk false...

Elephants Call Their Relatives by Name across the Savanna

Female elephants address one another with individualized rumbles

Here’s Why Protest News Doesn’t Tell You Much

Baked-in news practices cover only the worst moments of protests and neglect tel...

Very Hungry—And Very Invasive—Caterpillars Are a Munchi...

Drought is facilitating the devastating spread of spongy moth caterpillars acros...

How Do Whole-Body Deodorants Work, and Are They Safe?

A number of whole-body deodorants are coming to market. But are they safe and ef...

Teens Are Spreading Deepfake Nudes of One Another. It’s...

Teens are sending deepfake nude images of classmates to each other, disrupting l...

Carbon Removal Is Catching On, but It Needs to Go Faster

World leaders must make plans to remove more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere,...

AI Identifies Antibiotic Candidates, and There’s a ‘Mor...

The Hubble Space Telescope’s woes, moon rocks and antibiotic candidates discover...

How to Improve Prospective Memory, the Ability to Remem...

Prospective memory is a skill that can be practiced, making it more likely that ...

AI Will Become Mathematicians’ ‘Co-Pilot’

Fields Medalist Terence Tao explains how proof checkers and AI programs are dram...

Banning Fossil Fuel Ads Would Be Legally Difficult in t...

This week U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres called for bans on fossil fuel...

Some People with Insomnia Think They’re Awake When They...

You say you haven’t slept all night. Brain scans say you have. New science says ...

Prime Number Puzzle Has Stumped Mathematicians for More...

Experts have only started to crack the tricky twin prime conjecture

Why More Space Launches Could Be a Good Thing for the C...

A space technology company CEO explains how growing competition in the commercia...

Women Are More Likely to Get Drug-Resistant Infections

More countries must recognize how gender affects exposure to pathogens, finds a ...

How Astronomy Helped Create Your Smartphone’s Camera

The next time you snap a selfie, consider thanking an astronomer for your phone’...

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